Try this user's fix!
http://fengi.livejournal.com/1504674.html Please tumblr/reblog the shiznit out of this, mass migration away from idiocy might (maybe!) be noticed. We can hope....
I so love LJ users, en masse: smart, capable people.
Now, if only LJ *development* team would hire from the users who all seem to know how stupid it would be to toss the bulk of users into a beta site. Egads. So sloppy.